Family: Caprifoliaceae
Scientific Name: Viburnum x rhytidophylloides Willowwood
Common Name: Willowwood Viburnum
Description | A large deciduous shrub with lustrous dark green rugose foliage and white flowers in the late spring. |
Pronunciation | (vy-BER-num)(rhi-ti-doe-fil-OY-dez) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
Hardiness Zone | 5-8 |
Sunlight | full sun to partial shade |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | average |
Flowers | creamy white flowers borne in flat top cymes |
Fruit | black drupe |
Leaves | simple, opposite, leathery, lustrous dark green above, very tomentose under and hold on late into the fall |
Dimensions | upright spreading, arching shrub reaching 8-10 feet in height by equal spread |
Cultivar Origin | Originated at the Willowwood Farms in Gladstone, NJ, from a cross made by Henry Tubbs. |
Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants Michael Dirr), #106-Viburnums (Michael Dirr) |
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